Choose a new team each week. Your players earn or lose points based on these rules.
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One Time Bonuses
Can only be earned one time by one contestant during the season.
+5 Points
Contestant receives first ever rose at a rose ceremony (Episode 2: Jessenia, given by Ivan)
First to ask someone on a date with date card (Episode 1: Abigail)
First to be asked on a date with date card (Episode 1: Noah, asked by Abigail)
+10 Points
First kiss of the season (Episode 1: Connor B. and Maurissa)
First person to be told “I love you”
One Time Penalties
Can only be lost one time by one contestant during the season.
-5 Points
Mentions Stagecoach (rule credit: @tlclayton_)
Positive Points
Can only be earned once per episode, by multiple contestants.
+5 Points
Kisses another contestant on the lips
Kisses another contestant on the lips during an official date (on top of kissing bonus)
Contestants kiss in water (both contestants must be in water)(on top of all kissing bonuses)
Contest says “I came here to find love”
Contestant receives a rose during rose ceremony
Contestant is shown eating during the episode (food must be seen entering mouth)
Contestant holds prop or wears costume in paradise credit intro (max one point bonus per contestant all season)
Contestant swims/wades in ocean (rule credit: @treeleopard)
Contestant talks to bartender 1-on-1 (rule credit: @busy_introverting)
Date involves live animals
Contestant is featured speaking in a post-credit scene (laughing & previously aired footage does not count)
+10 Points
Refers to another contestant as their “boyfriend” or “girlfriend”
Past Bach contestant/Bachelor(ette) makes a cameo on a date
Has 1-on-1 conversation with BIP host
Dances 1-on-1 with another contestant
Jumping into water holding hands with another contestant (running into water does not count)
Contestant wears a helmet on a date
Contestant asks to “steal” someone from another contestant
Couple has 1-on-1 time in the hot tub
Horseback riding date
Live musician during a 1-on-1 date
+15 Points
Has offsite overnight date
Boat ride on date (personal watercraft does not count)
Gets asked on two dates (from a date card) in the same episode
Goes to fantasy suite with another contestant
Plane ride on date
+25 Points
Gets engaged
Can be earned multiple times per episode, by multiple contestants.
+5 Points
Receives a date card to give out
Contestant says someone is “Not here for the right reasons”
Contestant says “This is a beautiful place to fall in love”
+10 Points
Contestant is asked on a date
Contestant says “I’m not here to make friends”
+15 Points
Contestant says they’re “falling in love” with another contestant
Negative Points
Can be lost once per episode, by multiple contestants.
-5 Points
Contestant is seen taking a shot of alcohol (alcohol must be seen entering mouth)
Word is bleeped out
Gets rejected when asking another contestant on a date (rule credit: @renae_smith)
-10 Points
Vomits
Refers to self in third person (either by name or nickname)
-15 Points
Requires paramedics/onsite medics (rule credit @_.hannahalexander)
Leaves of their own accord